Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

Those who know emptiness, know impermanence. Those who know impermanence, know non-self. Those who know non-self, know peace.

The mind that notes and the object that is noted are both impermanent. Understanding this leads to liberation.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

Meditation is not about trying to change your experience; it's about changing your relationship to your experience.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

Enlightenment is not about becoming something special, but about realizing what we already are.

Only one book is worth reading: the heart.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Don't try to change the world. First, change yourself.

Smile, breathe, and go slowly.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

The practice of meditation is not about achieving states of bliss but about seeing things as they really are.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Even if you speak of 'understanding,' this understanding is not a matter of knowledge. It is what fills the entire body and mind.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

Sankharas are the seeds of consciousness that manifest as sensations. By observing sensations equanimously, we stop creating new sankharas.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

The nature of life is change. The nature of change is painful. The nature of pain is temporary.

The object of meditation and the mind which knows it must be noted as they occur. If they are not noted, desire arises and disturbs concentration.